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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/eu-decision-2019-329/annex/division-1/division-1.1/division-1.1.1/division-1",
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  "legislation": "eudn/2019/329",
  "legislation_title": "Commission Implementing Decision (EU) 2019/329 of 25 February 2019 laying down the specifications for the quality, resolution and use of fingerprints and facial image for biometric verification and identification in the Entry/Exit System (EES)",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/eu-decision-2019-329",
  "path": "annex/division/1/division/1.1/division/1.1.1/division/1",
  "kind": "division",
  "number": null,
  "heading": "Enrolment",
  "text": "At the moment of enrolment, the version 2.0 (or newer version) of the Fingerprint Image Quality (NFIQ) metric defined by the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) shall be used for verifying that the quality of the captured fingerprint data respects the thresholds that shall be specified in the technical specifications referred to in Article 37(1) of Regulation (EU) 2017/2226.\nFor the purpose of enrolment, the quality of fingerprint data shall be assessed:\nat national level by Member States at the time of capture prior to their transmission to the EES Central System (CS-EES), optionally with the support of a tool provided, maintained and updated by eu-LISA, and,\nat central level.",
  "extent": "E+W+S+N.I.",
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f1",
      "text": "https://www.nist.gov/services-resources/software/development-nfiq-20"
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/eudn/2019/329/annex/division/1/division/1.1/division/1.1.1/division/1",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-11-01T15:12:48.870802+00:00"
  },
  "licence": "Open Government Licence v3.0",
  "licence_url": "https://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/doc/open-government-licence/version/3/",
  "attribution": "Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Source: legislation.gov.uk, The National Archives."
}